Q1: Mr. Allen, when you cast another distinct comedian in your movie like Roberto Benigni in this and Andrew Dice Clay in your next movie, how compatible are they with your style of humor?
WA: They don't have to be. I cast them because they're perfect for what I've written and they don't have to in anyway be compatible with me. I didn't think Roberto Benigni would be compatible with me. I thought that I would have a difficult time with him, that he would be irrepressible and I would never be able to get his attention, and he'd be running around and he'd be crazy and I'd have to...but in the end, it turned out that he was quite intellectual and quite poised and quiet and, and a pleasure to work with and really had nothing to do with my kind of comedy. Just did his role and it was quite easy, actually.
Q: And Mr. Clay?
WA: Well, I haven't dire...

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